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Former Texas Rangers closer Neftali Feliz has impressive first outing in minors

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.- The Rangers were encouraged by Neftali Feliz’s performance in his first minor league outing. Feliz on Thursday struck out the side for Triple-A Round Rock while facing Oklahoma City in a perfect 16-pitch inning.

He hit 96 mph on the radar gun, according to Rangers officials, and was steadily at 94. It’s a big jump from where he was at the end of spring training. He was averaging 91-92 mph with the fastball and rarely topping out at 94. Feliz got two of his three strikeouts on swings and misses and had four swings and misses during the outing.

“If they are swinging and missing at the fastball, it’s got to be pretty decent,” Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux said.

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